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What happens to recorded content on other receivers if I get a GENIE?

I am very interested in getting a GENIE. My questions center around the content I've recorded on my current HD DVRS- HR24, HR23, and HR20. I also have the Whole Home DVR service.

My main question, is... is there a set up that will still allow me to watch the content I've built up over the last several years on the older receivers I listed above? I would hate to just "lose" all of the kids movies I've recorded.

From the little research I've done, it appears I would put the Genie in one room, and then a mini client in the other two rooms. Would I still be able to connect the older receivers and then watch AND record programs on them too? Not sure what others have done with their setup with this situation.

From the little research I've done, it appears I would put the Genie in one room, and then a mini client in the other two rooms. Would I still be able to connect the older receivers and then watch AND record programs on them too? Not sure what others have done with their setup with this situation.

The mini clients are not required in order to use the Genie. It will work fine with your existing DVR's. I would think that, in your situation, you'd be best off with just replacing one DVR with the Genie and keep the other two DVR's. You'd lose whatever content you have on the DVR that you'd be replacing. But you'd keep everything else.

Your other option would be to just add the Genie to your existing setup until you can watch all of the content on the DVR that would eventually be returned. That would cost you $6 per month for the extra receiver.

The mini clients are not required in order to use the Genie. It will work fine with your existing DVR's. I would think that, in your situation, you'd be best off with just replacing one DVR with the Genie and keep the other two DVR's. You'd lose whatever content you have on the DVR that you'd be replacing. But you'd keep everything else.

Your other option would be to just add the Genie to your existing setup until you can watch all of the content on the DVR that would eventually be returned. That would cost you $6 per month for the extra receiver.

I've done that. I kept a DVR active that I was really replacing just until I finished watching everything I wanted to from it. I then deactivated to put me back from 3 receivers down to 2 at that time.

I've done that. I kept a DVR active that I was really replacing just until I finished watching everything I wanted to from it. I then deactivated to put me back from 3 receivers down to 2 at that time.

I've been going about it the opposite way. In anticipation of getting a Genie, I've shifted as many series links from my HR-20 to my two HR-21's as I can (without causing conflicts). I've also made an effort to watch recordings of movies that I made a long time ago, but never got around to watching, so I can delete those recordings. I'm down to less than 5% Hard drive usage.

So, now I'm ready for a Genie. It figures that DirecTV would go and announce the HR-44, which may cause me to wait some more.

Chances are they will not ask for the HR20 back but it will become unwatchable

If my memory serves, dtv doesn't recover these, and if disconnect the sat in before its deactivated by dtv than I think u could continue to access the playlist much like a 771 sfss situation. But no promises from me on that lol.

If my memory serves, dtv doesn't recover these, and if disconnect the sat in before its deactivated by dtv than I think u could continue to access the playlist much like a 771 sfss situation. But no promises from me on that lol.

Having it on a battery backup with sat, phone and internet disconnected from it before deactivation gives you the best chance. If it reboots to try to reestablish signal, game over.